Bass
All records with bass · Solo bass only
Treasure
Cocteau Twins' third album from 1984, the first with Simon Raymonde alongside Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie, reissued by 4AD on 180g vinyl with new masters from high definition transfers of the original analogue tapes.
En Vivo 2023 Gira Europea
Live double album from Perujazz's 2023 European tour, with concerts in Norway, Austria, Germany, the UK, Spain and France: the Lima group founded in 1984 mixing cajón, Afro-Peruvian and Andean sounds with jazz, rock and funk.
Brain Damage
First reissue of the private press album recorded in 1980 by Puerto Rico's The MD's: ten raw, catchy songs between punk, proto-hardcore and new wave with a prominent Minimoog, plus an insert of previously unseen photos and notes.
Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2)
The second chapter of Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, first released in 1973, remastered from the original BYG tapes and cut at half-speed by Lewis Hopkin, in a gatefold sleeve with a 16-page booklet replicating Daevid Allen's guide to the saga.
Hansten Klork
Originally released in 1980 and long regarded as one of the most avant‑garde statements of its era, Hansten Klork captures Metabolist at the intersection of post‑punk restlessness and uncompromising experimentalism. The album’s stark textures, motoric rhythms, and hypnotic minimalism reveal a band equally indebted to kraut‑rock repetition, post‑industrial atmospheres, and the austere clarity of minimalism—creating a distinct, unsettling sound that still sounds contemporary today.
This reissue re…
Jazz In Libertà
Antonio Riccardo Luciani's 1976 Lupus LP for an anonymous quartet of bass, drums and two keyboards in constant dialogue: lean jazz-funk built for 70s crime films, with one guitar cameo on the title track.
Flowers
Zuni (Benito Simoncini) in 1983: blues-soaked funk-rock guitar cues on side A, then bass, keyboards and percussion drift towards spacey, cosmic sketches. Eleven pieces named after flowers and shrubs.
American Bus
Jason Black and his Group play Arawak's 1977 Wild Cat LP, an Italian dream of the American West Coast: blues-edged funk-rock, honking sax and one reggae detour named after San Francisco's Lombard Street.
Peel Sessions 1973-74
Peel Sessions 1973-74 is a unique collection showcasing the legendary German experimental rock band’s dynamic live performances captured for BBC Radio 1’s John Peel sessions. This album brings together raw, electrifying recordings from 1973 and 1974, highlighting Can’s groundbreaking sound that blended psychedelic rock, avant-garde, and improvisational music. Fans and newcomers alike will experience the band’s creative energy and innovative spirit in an intimate setting outside the studio.
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Cross Fire
Johnny Cabildo's trio in Miami, 1974: keyboards, bass and a drummer on congas and timbales cover Latin jazz, funk fusion and Afro-Cuban grooves. The second of only three Cabildos LPs, made for library use.
In Dub
Brought to life in 1976 on his small imprint Stars, In Dub is one of the most sought after Tappa Zukie album. Alongside Man Ah Warrior it is a mandatory purchase for any reggae lover more akin to the spacey reverberation of the studio facilities. With his deep, rumbling bass and the prodigious engineering of King Tubby (the album was cut at his own studio) the record still maintains his adventurous tenure. This crucial re-issue present the complete original tracklist with the addictions of two e…
Kraftwerk 2
Kraftwerk 2 is the second studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, entirely written and performed by founding Kraftwerk members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in late 1971 and released in January 1972. Perhaps the least characteristic album of their output, it features no synthesizers, the instrumentation being largely electric guitar, bass guitar, flute and violin. On the second side, the more rock-oriented origins of the group still cling on, mostly without any percussion whatsoeve…
Nature
A 1977 Wild Cat rarity by a real studio supergroup led by Paolo Casa: funk, jazz-rock and blues opened up by Gabriele Ducros' pastoral flute, recorded at Piero Umiliani's Sound Work-Shop.
Rhythm And Sound
*Limited edition of 500 copies.*Her name was Anna Maria Assunta Andreassi. She composed and arranged the entirety of what would become one of the rarest documents in Italian library music, filed it under the alias Mandrassi, pressed it on the micro-label Ludo Record in 1973, and then watched it disappear almost entirely - so completely that for decades collectors weren't certain the record had ever existed. Sonor Music Editions' reissue of Rhythm And Sound, limited to 500 copies, is the first ti…
Itinerario Beat
Rigol (Duilio Radici) and an uncredited Ugo Fusco with the Blue Sharks of It Became Crystal: ten instrumentals for bass, drums, piano and Hammond between beat, jazz-funk and symphonic pop.
Look She Said (Complete Works For Bass)
Christian Wolff's complete works for bass, played by Robert Black under the composer's supervision: Look She Said, Jasper (with violin), String Bass Exercise out of Bandiera Rossa, Dark as a Dungeon (with trombone) and Untitled for electric bass-guitar.
Italian Surf Academy : Barbarella Reloaded
Italian Surf Academy, led by guitarist Marco Cappelli, reworks the 1968 film soundtrack of Barbarella by Bob Crewe and Charles Fox, recorded in Paris in 2013, post-produced by JD Foster and mastered by Brian Brandt and Paul Howells.
Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia
In the early 1970′s, Brazilian popular music was approaching a high water mark of creativity and popularity. Artists like Elis Regina, Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento were delivering top-shelf Brazilian pop, while tropicalists Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes (see World Psychedelic Classics 1) were entertaining the college set with avant-garde fuzz-pop poetry. Enter Tim Maia with a massive cannonball into the pool. It was the only dive Tim knew. Standing just 5’7 (6′ with the Afr…